Clothes drier



Dec. 8, 1925.

' J. M. WEILER LOTHES DRIER Filed May 28. 1925 Patented Dea 8, 1925 "UNITED or me JOSEPHINE M. WEILER, or LISBON, NORTH DAKOTA. 1

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'Appli cationffllerl Maj28, 1925. Serial'No. 33,517. I

To allwhom it may concern: e Be it known that I, JOSEPHINE M. WEILE a citizen of the United States, residing atv Lisbon, in the county of Ransom and State of NorthDakota, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Clothesl'Driers', 'of which the following is a specification, reference being-had to the accompanying draw- 7 This invention relates to 'cl othes driers,

' and racks 'oflike character, and particularly to those. clothes driers wherein arms are provided which may be shifted from a depending inoperative position to an outward- 1y extending horizontal position.

' The'general object of the invention isvto provide a rack of'this character wherein the arms or clothes supportsare; mounted upon a'central hollow body Which-"is" so con- 'structed that the arms operate through apertures formed in the shell so that when the arms are in their inoperative and depending position they-are'inside the'shelland entirely protected from dustand dirt.

' '25 A further object-is to provide. a device of this character having a hollow,-- central shell mounted upon a wheeled supportso; that the device may be readily shifted-to any desired place, the shell providing'for, the support ofa' large number of radially directed clothesdrying arms, these arms,

however, beingcollap'sible into position with in the shell so that the shell with its depending arms will take upv but very little room. I Other objects will appear in of the following description. Y

'My invention is illustratediin'the accom- I panying' drawing, wherein:

; Figure 1 's a side elevation of a clothes drier constructed in accordance with my'ir't,

vention; V

Figure 2'is a fragmentary sectional new on a larger scale and on the line 2 20f Figure 1 butshowing one of the arms ertended; ,7

Figure 3 is a like view to Figure"?! but showing one of the arms retracted;

Figure 1 is a section on the line k-4 f Figure 3; 1

Figure 5 is a sectional view on theline 5-5 of Figure 1.

Referring to this drawing, 10 designates a'hollow,rmetallic shell whichiis supported the course upon a central standard 11 in any suitable manner, this standard having attached there- 7 to the outwardly projecting legs 12 and these legsat their extremities carrylng-the casters v i 18'. The shell at a'plurality' of different levels is: formed with a circularly extend ing series of apertures 14 formed by punch ing outapproximately-triangular openings 111 the metal ofthe shell, a portion 15 of the metal being retained, and bent inward at right angles, as "'atf16; This portion 16 and the lower end of this slot is reinforced by a reinforcing piece 1 8' which is riveted- -to the metal,

plate "19 which is" riveted to the shell which 1s approximately triangular in form and which-is stamped outto provide an upwardly and outwardly tapering brace 20 which at its lower edge bears a-gainst the'inwardly turned tongue 16. This plate'? is riveted,

soldered or otherwise attached [130 the inner face 'of the shell and the tongue 16 at its i extremityispreferably'formedwithalug 21 having "interlocking engagement-with a slot 22 formed 'upon 1 the lower end of the v bracing portion-20."-

f Disposed through Y each slot 17 isian arm 23 which-1 has 'awidth slightly less -than'the the shell immediately below this inwardly pro ecting tongue 16 is slottejd'at "17 and Y I v t '70 Attached totheinside face of the shell and extending overeachopening 15= is a 7 jwidth 'of theslot'17 and anydesired length. p

ring or'other s'top 25- resting upon the inwardlyprojecting' tongue 16 andextending across the slot therein so that the ar'm'cani not dropthrough. 1 I

Whenthe' arm is in use, it 1S1 pushed outward "in an obvious manneruntilthe pin with' the rear extremity of the arm bearing upward against the tongue '16 and,rof course,

the weight of the'arm and the clothes resting thereon being supported by the down- 'wardly extending brace plate 19 and par ticularly the portion 20 thereof. The 'cor- -24 engagesagain'st the shelland then the arm is supported in a horizontal position series of arms. The top 26 got the She/1. 71

It will be noted from Figure 1 that the openings of one series of openings are in staggered relation to the openings of the next adjacent series so vthat one series of arms hangs down between the neXt adjacent also formed with a ser es of slots 17?, these slots extending downward through the top of the shell, and arms 23. are disposed in these slots and operate in precisely the same manner. V I p I haveillustrated the shell 10 as formed with four series of arms andtheopenings l5 for these arms, but I do "not wish'to be 7 limitedto this as it is obvious that itmight be formedwith agreater number of series 7 of arms. 'It is also obvious that the arms may be madeoi diflierent lengths, the lower arms being longer than the upper arms, or vice versa, orv all of the arms maybe of the same lengtln but it will be alsoseen that this construction providesfor the use of a large number of radiating arms'by reason of the fact that the shell hasa relativel-y speaking, large diameter so as to accommodate agreatinanyjarms and that inasmuch as these arms radiate they will be sufiiciently spaced from each other as to permit the hanging ofa large number of clothes thereon. If. there was acentral staff or standard to which thesegarms were attached, only a relatively few arms could be mountedupon 1 the. central stafi or standard andthus the device would not permit the use of anywhere I near the number of armsfthatare permitted by my construction. It is ,to'be particularly noted that the {tapered form :of shell .7 510 permits; of the use of a plurality of series of armsv for the reason that the upper arms,

J when they ar sl 'pp nward, w h ng dovminside of the next lowersferies oii arms and'these, in turn i-nsideof the next'lower series oiarn s thuspjermitting the device to be made with; a relatively large munber of arms arranged at various heights;

The shell 10 '-may be madeof galvanized or enameled metal so that damp or wet clothes hung upon the rack will not afiect the metal in any way.- The iarms mounted upon" the cylindrical cone 10 will have a linear lengthof drying space of about seven ty feet and ball bearing casters allow the drier to be revolved and loaded fromone position.v It'is obvious, of course thatthe shell may be rotatably mounted upon the centralsupport 11 so-that theshell -ean be revolved to bring any desired arm into -po-' sition. This may be accomplished by simply mounting the upper end of the shell be disposed 1111 vertical upon a suitable support carried by the member 11.' The construction of such a support will be obvious. V

v In order to permit the a removal and insertions of the" arms I may provide the shell 10 with a hand hole 27 provided with a cover 28 w-h-iclris pivoted so as to swing over the hand hole. This permits the insertion of the hand and the removal oft-he arms 23'fromillside the shell.

VVhiIe I have illustrated certain details of construction and arrangement of parts which I believ e'to be particularly cefie'ctive,

I do notwish to -belimited thereto as is ,obviousthatmany changes might bemade in the details without departing from'the 4 pended claims:

I claim 1. A clothes hanger of the character despirit of the invention-as defined in the ap scribed including a hollow, metallic, up-

wardly tapering shell having a plurality of circiunferenti ally arranged Series of openngs, the lower edge of each opening being providedlwith an inwardly projecting slot- 7 ted member and the lower marg1n of itch opening being slotted, the slots merging;

with each other, and arms one [for each opening, slipping I longitudinally through said slots, the arms being formed with stops at their oppositeendsg the' arms when in a projected position engaging '-against the .un-

ider face of the correspondinginwardly tending member, the tapering form .ofthe shell permitting u an upper series of arms to a lower series of arms.

clothes raclpof the chaiyacter described including a thin metallicmember having; an approximately triangular openposition -inward of ing; there being a horizontally dis d tongue --.extending inwardffrom ,the lower endiof said opening, the horizontal tongue and the metal at thelower margin said opening being slotted, said slots l'l1@I-'g:ing

into each other, an arm sliding throu glisaid slot aud tor-med withstops at'its opposite ends, whereby thearm may befsupported in a vertical position by the saidmetallic meniher or in a horizontal position projecting outward therefronr and a bracingsmember -i attached to the inner face ofthe metallic member and bearing against said tongue.

3. A clothes; drier of the character "described including a hollow shell; the. shell being provided with a plurality-bf circumferentlally arranged series of openings,;each

opening, being approximately triangular in form and the lower wallTofthe opening having an inwardly projecting tongue, .the

tongue and the shell immediatelybelow the tongue being. slotted, the slots merging into one another, an arm extendingthfough sa d slot, the nner 'and outerendS the arm being provided with a stop, and; an

upwardly tapering, transversely curved bracing member of sheet metal attached to a the shell upon the inside face thereof and behind each opening, said bracing member ing approximately triangular in form and;

g the lower wall of the opening being provided with an inwardlyprojeeting tongue,

the tongue and the shell immediately below the tongue being slotted, the slots merging into one another, an arm extending through said slot, the inner and outer ends of the arm being provided with 'a stop, an upwardly tapering, transversely curved bracing member of sheet metal attached to the shell upon the inside face thereof and be-' hind each opening, the bracing member extending downward and bear ng against the margin of said tongue, the lower end of said i bracing member belng formed with a looking slot and the tongue at its extremity having a lug engaging in saidloc'king slot.

5, A clothes drier of the character de-, scribed including a hollow shell, legs sup porting the shell and having wheels, the

shell being formed with a plurality of oircumferentially extending series of apertures, the apertures being approximately triangular in form and the lower end of each aperture being provided with aninwardly projecting tongue struck out from the aperture, the tongue and the shell immediately below the same being slotted, the SlOtSf merging into one another, clothes supportmg arm rectangular in cross section I fitting saidslot and slidable inwardly or, I

outwardly through the same, the arm being provided at opposite ends with stops where by the arm may be disposed in a vertical positionentirely within; the shell or in a horizontal position projecting therefrom, and bracing means engaged with the-inner face of the shell and extendingdownward and bearing against thetongue. I

In testimony whereof I hereunto affixmy signature.

JQSEPHINE .M. VVEILER, 

